Dr. Ralph Chase 1923-2012

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Longtime San Angelo pediatrician Dr. Ralph Chase sits in front of a portion of his some 500 "First Families of Texas" or surrogate kids which have passed through the San Angelo Health Clinic.

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Eric Hirst, 8, uses an otoscope to look into Dr. Ralph Chase's ear during an examination in 1993.

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Dr. Ralph Chase reads the poem under his plaque where the new Children's Center at Angelo Community Hospital was placed and named after him in October of 1991.

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Dr. Ralph Chase examined patients with the assistance of nurse Bonnie Batts in this 1953 photograph made in the Shannon Hospital baby clinic.

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Dr. Ralph Chase spoke at a recent lunch with friends about how he was probably the last living doctor in San Angelo who had treated patients with polio.

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Dr. Ralph Chase chuckled while listening to the lunch conversation with the friends he's labeled "The Miscreants" as they covered topics ranging from Texas parks and rivers to birds, bees, rattlesnakes, Texas politician and two-term vice president John Nance Garner and Roman ruins.

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Dr. Ralph Chase and patient Lane Allison, 10 years old of San Angelo.

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Dr. Ralph Chase rests at his San Angelo home with his dog Annabel. Dr. Chase is one of the main driving forces behind the Santa Angela celebration this week, crediting the women of the frontier with the success of a booming San Angelo. "It was the women of this town that ushered in the possibility of growth for this town," Dr, Chase said. "It was the women that created the schools and taught the children which in turn attracted more people to this area."

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Dr. Ralph Chase, a retired San Angelo pediatrician, works in his study in his San Angelo Home. Dr. Chase has served the San Angelo community in many ways throughout the years, most recently as one of the main driving forces behind the Feast of Santa Angela celebrations.

Dr. Chase at Mrs. Rutland’s first class at Belair last spring. He loved to listen to her kids read.

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Dr. Chase at Mrs. Rutland’s first class at Belair last spring. He loved to listen to her kids read.